Upper Gwynedd officer injured during gun training

At 10:44 Tuesday morning, emergency units responded to the Hatfield Township Police Department shooting range on the 300 block of County Line Road for an injury caused by the accidental discharge of a firearm.

According to Hatfield Police, Sgt. Stephen Gillen of the Upper Gwynedd Township Police was conducting annual firearms training at the range when a round fired into his left foot while he was removing the weapon from his holster.

Gillen, a 23-year veteran police officer, was under the supervision of two certified range instructors at the time, police said.

The sergeant’s condition has not yet been released, but a tweet from @MontcoAlerts during the incident said that emergency transportation was Class 3, which indicates non-life-threatening/non-limb-threatening injuries.

The accident is being investigated by Upper Gwynedd Police, who have not returned a call seeking comment.